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Is it copyright infringement to use another companies products into our database for our users?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 20/02/2020 - 23:55

Hello

We are building a product which will aim to have curated data of items in the medical field. This data will be accessed by our users but is only used for information and educational resource.

For example a user is looking for a medical item. He types the name and the company brand of that item. Our database will show him that medical item along with relevent education information like what it is used for and with any relevant images and videos.

Unfortunately we are using the companies images of their product and excerpts from their product descrription to show case their product to our users.

My question is are we infringing on any copyright in doing this? I know it sounds like a 'yes', but are we not also advertising their products to their users? Do we need to make the medical item generic and not to mention any companies?